Wikispaces uses the following text markup rules. Remember that you can skip wikitext entirely by using the visual editor.

Text Formatting


Heading 1

heading 1

Heading 2

heading 2

Heading 3

heading 3

Bulleted List
  • list
Numbered List
  1. numbered
Bold
bold
Italics
italics
Underline
underline
Monospaced Font
curly braces
Escaping
` `escaping` ` (surround in double backtick characters).
Indenting
  • indent

Links and Images and Files


Page Link
label or just pagename
Page Link in Another Space
label or just space/pagename
URL
http://some.url
Email
help@wikispaces.org
Labeled URL
label
Image
name.jpg (png, jpeg, and gif - learn more about image tags)
File
File Not Found
File Not Found
(any file type supported)
Anchor
see wikitext anchor for more details

Link examples

foo
This will display the text "foo" on the page which will be a link to the page in this space also called "foo".

bar
This will display the text "bar" on the page which will be a link to the page in this space called "foo".

hep/the
This will display the text "hep:the" on the page which will be a link to the page in the "hep" space called "the".

bar
This will display the text "bar" on the page which will be a link to the page in the "hep" space called "the".

Other Layout


Horizontal Line

Table

table cell
table cell
table cell

Table Heading Cell

heading1
heading2


Table Cell Alignment

centered
right


Table Column Spans (merging columns together)

spans 2 columns
col1
col2


Table of Contents
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Right-to-Left text
rtl ... rtl
note that the rtl tags must be on their own lines

Page Includes

Pages can be included inside other pages to make larger pages by using the include tag. This can be useful in breaking a large page up into smaller, more manageable pieces, or to create reusable components, like headers and footers, that can be included on multiple pages. The only required attribute of the include tag is the page attribute. Includes can optionally include a section title using the title attribute or can include an edit button, allowing users to edit the included page directly, using the editable attribute.
Basic Include
[Invalid Include: Page not found: PAGENAME]

Include With Section Title
[Invalid Include: Page not found: PAGENAME]

Include With Direct Edit Button
[Invalid Include: Page not found: PAGENAME]

Include With Wrapping DIV
[Invalid Include: Page not found: PAGENAME]


Other Includes

Similar to page includes, other components can be included on a Wiki page

Comments

Basic Comments
component="comments"
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
No Comments

15 Comments
limit="XXX" (a number)
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
No Comments


Backlinks

Basic Backlinks
component="backlinks"

15 Backlinks
limit="XXX" (a number)


Page List

Basic Page List
component="pageList"

15 Pages
limit="XXX" (a number)

Pages With "my pages" Tag
tag="TAG NAME"

Put the "home" page at the top
homeAtTop="true" or "false"

Hide internal pages
hideInternal="true" or "false"


Editors

Basic Editors
component="editors"

15 Editors
limit="XXX" (a number)
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
No Comments

Show Username
showUsernames="true" or "false"
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
No Comments

Image Size
imageSize="small" or "large"
Subject Author Replies Views Last Message
No Comments


Tag Cloud

Basic Tag Cloud
component="tagcloud"
  1. calendar
  2. deliverables
  3. help
  4. methodology
  5. one
  6. research questions
  7. resources
  8. tasks
  9. three
  10. timeline
  11. two
  12. welcome

Special Tags


Signature
-
jbyers
jbyers
jbyers

(three tildes)(i.e. ~)
Signature with Date
-
jbyers
jbyers
jbyers Mar 11, 2005 11:21 am

(four tildes) (i.e.~)
Source Code
code ... code
see the code page for details on color highlighting
Mathematics
math ... math
supporting LaTeX math markup
RSS Feeds
rss ...
see wikitext rss for more details
Embedded Media
media ...
see wikitext media for more details

Preventing Wikitext

Sometimes the content of your page will include some of the above wikitext, and Wikispaces will mark up that text. For example, an equation that contains 2 equals signs (a = b = c) will look like a heading, or a footnote (* see details) will be interpreted as an unordered list. To prevent this markup, wikitext can be escaped by surrounding the ambiguous area with double back ticks. The back tick character is on the same key as the ~ tilde character on the keyboard. For example, to prevent a list from being displayed, use:
` ` * this is a footnote, not a list item` `